A brief recounting of the Balkan getaway in February, 2025
Obsessions can be of lasting duration, as with my history of 47 pilgrimages to the European continent since 1985, or they can be more...
The book that wasn’t, why it won’t be, and really, that’s all right with...
Today’s bullet point is borrowed from Groucho Marx in Animal Crackers (1930): “Hello, I must be going.”
Regular readers will recall that earlier this year, I...
Diary: “Me? I just want to walk the parade route tomorrow” (Oct. 2, 2015)
Ten years ago, I was in the process of running for mayor of New Albany as an independent. I lost, but let's never forget...
Roger G. Baylor (1925 – 2001)
An updated and expanded version of this post can be found here:
https://www.rogerbaylor.com/2025/03/07/the-centenary-of-my-fathers-birth-is-today-march-7-1925-2025/
Roger George Baylor was born in 1925 and died on July 18, 2001,...
Diary: The story of the Sladek (brewer/maltster) stone at Fairview Cemetery
We bought our house in downtown New Albany in 2003, and by the following spring casual neighborhood walks had become a regular weekend feature...
Shane’s Excellent New Words: NIMBY versus YIMBY, though not to neglect BANANA
Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan
-- Warren Zevon
"Shane's Excellent New Words" was a...
Diary: What’s next? Beats me, but I’ll think of something
Beginning today, I'll be posting piecemeal, online, the contents of Food & Dining Magazine's Spring 2026 (Vol. 89) print issue.
In the aftermath of John...
Beers with a Stoic: Check out THIS upscale luxury beer list
There's a restaurant in the area.
Salads and soups start at $13; appetizers at $20. Main courses are $34 - $39, and steaks $47 -...
R.I.P. Ralph Griggs … it is belated, but no less heartfelt
Originally published at NA Confidential on October 8, 2015.
And then you get sidetracked — and feel like crying.
30-odd years ago, when I was working...
Diary: The Craft Brewers Conference was in Indy, but I feared a relapse
Many months ago it dawned on me that the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America event would be in Indianapolis this year. It officially concluded...
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A rainy writing morning; time again for “Venetian Vespers”
And might I add, a perfect day for letting my mind wander.
As I write, it is raining, and ponderings about Venice usually come equipped...
Diary: As for me, I’m sorry you made it so damn hard, and I...
"I'm sorry that things got hard."
That's like saying "I'm sorry it rained," when neither of us have any say over the weather. "Sorry" in...
What’s done is done, and new adventures await
Just when I conclude that things can't get more surreal, along comes 2026. It has been draining, but we squeezed in an excursion to...
